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Spootiskerry

Found in Spootiskerry-G-32-5.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
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X:1
T:Spootiskerry
%T:da Fitful Head
C:Ian Burns (Shetland)
B:BSFC 4-16
D:as trad by Fiddlers Five on CD 7
Z:1997 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N:by Si Garbutt: According to the notes to Susan Songer's Portland Collection,  which
N:contains  a  couple  of  his  tunes  ("Spootiskerry" and "Bert Ferguson"), the late
N:Samuel Ian Rothmar Burns lived in the Shetland Isles.  Ian Burns, as he was  known,
N:published  a book of tunes, also entitled "Spootiskerry".  It is the name of a farm
N:in his family. His daughter, June Mann, lives in Cunningsburgh in the Shetlands and
N:gave  the  info to Susan Songer.  I believe I read somewhere that "spoots" are some
N:sort of shellfish - razor clams, I think (and a skerry is a group  of  rocks  which
N:are  sometimes visible above sea-level, sometimes not, depending on the tide).  The
N:tune is sometimes known as "Spoot o' Skerry" and there is a young  Celtic  band  of
N:that name - from Canberra!
R:reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G

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